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David James

@da.vidjam.es

Retired speech technologist, ex-Microsoft/UBS/Olivetti/Nuance/Denon-Marantz/HCLTech. Doctor Who enthusiast and lapsed Dalek builder/operator. Bachgen o Gaerdydd. 🏃+ 🍕= 😁

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David James@da.vidjam.es · last mo.

New employer rejected my bank details because the 8-digit account number was not unique in their employee database. After 3 months I was still explaining sort-codes on a mail thread with 19 people in the CC list. It was at this point that I decided they weren't for me.

SMD@anothersmd.bsky.social · last yr.

what are some absurd work situations you can share? once i got called into a meeting i had nothing to do with because the consultant brought an engineer and no one in the room could understand him, so they asked me to translate. he was scouse. i translated from english to english.

Adam Macqueen@adammacqueen.bsky.social · last mo.

"And the prime minister's car just driving up the Mall now, all four wheels on the ground, propelled possibly by an internal combustion engine, Keir Starmer and Lady Victoria no doubt in the back, continuing to respirate and draw oxygen into their lungs, on this unusually sunny..."

Richard Littler@richardlittler.bsky.social · last mo.

The tent acts have all got names like: Corti Zone The Lidl Collective Sam Widge Dr Hoop's Tardigrade Thumb Professor Seatbelt Thrushrash XXX Hamster The Walk-in Baths DJ Stump JB & Fairy Liquid Pork Mittens Ton-E & Auditory Sound Noize Generation Hex Trust-a-Trader Dot Com Apoca Lips

David James@da.vidjam.es · 2mo ago

ITVX is terrible - it’s been freezing all evening and has the temerity to issue weasel-worded victim-blaming error messages like this. Yes obviously my hardwired gigabit connection is the problem

Dogshit error message from useless ITVX app on AppleTV
Jay Hulme@jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I don't really talk about this, because I'm actually quite private about my personal life, but many many years ago Tony Head took me under his wing and showed me the kind of person I could be. It's not an exaggeration to say that I'm the person I am today because of the kindness he showed me.